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5 can't-miss apps: 'Dark Hearts', 'Sesame Street' Go, Rinbw and more

5 can't-miss apps: Dark Hearts, Sesame Street Go, Rinbow and more

Canopy

Amazon is full of great products, but finding the best ones when you don’t know exactly what you want can be challenging. Canopy aims to solve this problem by providing a more curated Amazon shopping experience. The app takes some of the best (and most unique) products on Amazon, and divides them into Pinterest-style collections that lets you shop by brand and gift type, or browse products popular with other users. Canopy's design is a welcome departure from Amazon’s endless stream of recommendations, and makes shopping feel more like browsing Pinterest or Tumblr. The free app is available for iOS.

'Crossy Road'

While the name recalls Flappy Bird, the gameplay of Crossy Road is much more like Frogger than its namesake. Guide an especially unlucky chicken (get it?) across fields, streams, train tracks and yes, car-filled highways. If you don’t time your route perfectly, then poor Clucky becomes roadkill -- but hesitating too long also has its consequences. 'Crossy Road' is an endless runner-style game, so it's extra addictive. The free app is available for iOS.

'Dark Hearts'

The highly anticipated follow-up to last year’s Haunting Melissa, Dark Hearts again follows protagonist Melissa -- but with new creepy twists. Like its predecessor, the app-based video series is eerie, and full of twists and turns that will keep you guessing. Prior to Haunting Melissa the co-founder of the company behind the app worked on Hollywood horror hits, such as The Ring. The free app is available for iOS.

Sesame Street Go

The latest app out of the Sesame Workshop, Sesame Street Go is a handy portal to all things Sesame Street. If you subscribe to the on-demand video service, you can access full episodes. But free users can still access a range of videos and games starring their favorite characters.The app is free, but requires a subscription of $3.99/month or $29.99/year for all of the content. Sesame Street Go is available for iOS.

Rinbw

Rinbw is a fun spin on a contacts app. Instead of a list of names and numbers, Rinbw organizes contact info into five-second looping video statuses. Scroll through your friends list to check their updates, and double tap to add fruit, which informs them that you’ve seen their latest video. It’s a contacts app, so of course, you can also initiate a phone call or SMS from within the free app. Rinbw is available for iOS.

This week's list includes a beautifully designed app to help you find Amazon's most memorable products, an app for on-demand Sesame Street videos, a creepy video series Dark Hearts and a Frogger meets Flappy Bird mashup.

Check out the gallery, above, to see all the apps that made our list. If you're looking for more, read last week's roundup of can't-miss apps.

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